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Man Kills Toddler, "forces" Mom To Help Bury Her

I know Josh and his family well. My understanding (not100% though as my contact has greatly decreased since this incident) is that he pled guilty, but claimed mitigating circumstances to avoid the death penalty. He has already filed one appeal that was denied due to his lawyer not submitting the appropriate documentation in time.

I can absolutely vouch for Josh's anger issues that went on for years prior to this event. I also believe that he likely terrified and attempted to control Alexis. I am in no way defending her though as I can't imagine any mom not fighting to the death to protect their child. He also buried the body near where his grandfather lives. I believe his grandfather also spent time in prison for murder, but am unable to find concrete proof of this at this moment.

I chose not to disclose this information right away due to privacy concerns, but I believe that I've been generic enough. BTW, Zach is not married. Whoever made that statement obviously does not know this family.

Lastly, his family has almost forgotten him except to send him money now and then and no longer speaks about him. Mom is remarrying, kids are doing typical kid activities. They've all moved on as though he doesn't exist.

His much younger siblings have also had to close down their FB and Twitter accounts due to horrible death threats. It's a sad situation, because these young children are in no way responsible for their brother's actions.

There is zero doubt in my mind that Josh did this. There is one woman on here that early on posted a comment that he had said to her daughter. I can vouch for this because he said almost the exact same phrases to me on a different occasion. I've never reached out to that random woman or disclosed this info to anyone except my spouse, so I believe her statements to be correct. To fully understand this situation, I would encourage you to research all of the things that happened in Florida (multiple arrests for both mother ( Samantha beard & Samantha McKenzie) and father (Dallas Beard), his father's unsolved murder and other criminal charges in CA for the boys). I think the full picture would help shine more understanding on this case.

Lastly, his first lawyer dropped him out of concern for her well being. He's currently on his 2nd lawyer.

The appeal denial is available online. I'll try to find it tomorrow if you guys aren't able to.

http://law.justia.com/cases/texas/first-court-of-appeals/2015/01-14-00732-cv.htmlhtml

Shoot, it's not linking to the actual document. Look up Joshua Beard vs the state of Texas appeals 10th district.

Also, if I'm inaccurate about any of the facts above, I apologize. I'm just trying to share the information as I understand it to be.
 
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RandomUser555 said:
Look up Joshua Beard vs the state of Texas appeals 10th district.
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Someone lied to you, badly.

First, those cases are in Galveston County, this Joshua Beard is in Tarrant County. Second, going back to the Galveston County Court Case Records, that Joshua is black, this one is white.

Finally, going to Tarrant County, you will see Joshua Beard has a Pre-Trial scheduled for 11/30/15 with a charge of murder.

https://egov.tarrantcounty.com/web/...ldocket_WAR_criminaldocket_caseNumber=1376884

Not trying to be a bitch here but the info you're giving is totally wrong.
 
Krystal said:
Someone lied to you, badly.

First, those cases are in Galveston County, this Joshua Beard is in Tarrant County. Second, going back to the Galveston County Court Case Records, that Joshua is black, this one is white.

Finally, going to Tarrant County, you will see Joshua Beard has a Pre-Trial scheduled for 11/30/15 with a charge of murder.

https://egov.tarrantcounty.com/web/...ldocket_WAR_criminaldocket_caseNumber=1376884

Not trying to be a bitch here but the info you're giving is totally wrong.
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No, that's fine. I was only basing that part of my discussion on things that I found online. Please understand though that my other comments were genuine. I should have specified what was known fact and what isn't. Ex: I spoke to his first attorney several times & she was a female. He currently lists a male attorney. I'm not 100% sure that he switched, maybe they both work at the same place? Maybe he did switch. No clue, but she did express concern for her own family to me. From now on, I will be more clear on what is fact and what is best guess. And no, you're not a bitch. At least not to me. :)

BTW, the guilty but claiming circumstances was found in a news article, not told to me. Perhaps even that is related to the other Josh Beard?
 
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And no, you're not a bitch. At least not to me.
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Aw Hell, give me time.;)

I only double checked because what you were told didn't make sense at this stage of the case. It's not that I don't think a plea is possible rather I don't see it happening yet and honestly if they are offering anyone a plea, it'll be her, she was under 18 at the time of the murder so they can't get the death penalty against her.

It wouldn't surprise me in the slightest if they flip her to get the needle for him. A child is dead in Texas, they're going to want blood.
 
I was told by that first attorney that they were likely going to claim fetal alcohol syndrome as a defense. What is weird about that though is that their mom almost never drinks. I don't believe she drank while pregnant so I don't get why this would be the defense.

Also, the family has gone completely silent even from most family members. I respect the fact that they just want him to have a fair trial. Everyone deserves that. The facts will determine the outcome. Like you, I think the outcome will either be life or death penalty.
 
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Try including Mr Joshua Markus Beard's CID number of 0851192 in your searches to be sure you are finding the correct inmate.

Date of birth 1Sep93 also helps too
 
It's OK. My info used to come from his mom, but she has gone completely silent to most of her family and friends and is almost paranoid. I'm almost in the dark as much as you guys are, but a lot more vested in the outcome.
 
RandomUser555 said:
My info used to come from his mom, but she has gone completely silent to most of her family and friends and is almost paranoid.
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I can't say that I blame her too much. If I had a child accused of what this monster has been accused of I wouldn't say anything either, other than to him when I disowned his ass and wished him luck in Hell.
 
No, she's sending him money each week and trying to convince others to do the same. She is in denial that he might be guilty and takes no responsibility for what she put those kids through the last 20 yrs.
 
RandomUser555 said:
No, she's sending him money each week and trying to convince others to do the same. She is in denial that he might be guilty and takes no responsibility for what she put those kids through the last 20 yrs.
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Aw Christ. One of those mother's with a precious snowflake who would never do anything wrong.

Although I'm guessing that if hse put then through a lot in 20 years her behavior is now strictly out of guilt.
 
Any news? Just curious to know how today went. I still can't believe he would do something like this. I changed his freaking diapers for goodness sakes and fed him bottles of formula. He was a normal toddler.
 
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Although I'm guessing that if hse put then through a lot in 20 years her behavior is now strictly out of guilt.
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She doesn't feel guilt at all. She's always the victim. Both boys grew up in a very unfortunate way. Things could have been so different for them both if they had been given a fair chance.

I know that everyone hates him for his horrendous crime, but IMO his mother shares in that atrocity. He wasn't given a fair chance from day 1.
 
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It looks like his pretrial hearing was today. His mom won't respond to my texts BC they've told her that her phone is almost 100% likely to be evaluated, especially her texts. Does anyone know how the pretrial went? I looked up the prosecutor's other cases. It looks like she usually goes for life in prison vs the deardeathth penalty.
 
RandomUser555 said:
The appeal denial is available online. I'll try to find it tomorrow if you guys aren't able to.
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I think I found the source of confusion. I'd seen it earlier & been elated, but there's nothing in the article (or elsewhere online) corroborating this specific article's title:

TOP STORIES: Beard convicted of killing, burying 18-month-old girl
http://www.weatherforddemocrat.com/...cle_70030182-9132-11e4-b857-537fc85c393f.html

I seriously can't believe this article's title hasn't been changed - it's posted from December 31, 2014
 
Krystal said:
Aw Hell, give me time.;)

I only double checked because what you were told didn't make sense at this stage of the case. It's not that I don't think a plea is possible rather I don't see it happening yet and honestly if they are offering anyone a plea, it'll be her, she was under 18 at the time of the murder so they can't get the death penalty against her.

It wouldn't surprise me in the slightest if they flip her to get the needle for him. A child is dead in Texas, they're going to want blood.
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I don't want to see my nephew get the death penalty. I can't help that. I hate the crime and as a mom, I'm just sick and disgusted by it all. At the same time, I also know him as a normal kid. It's so hard to imagine knowing anyone capable of such horrendous actions. I do think he's guilty, I just don't understand why he would do this. He used to want to join the Marines and fight for our country. They turned him down. He was not always an angry person. He went through a lot of hardships in life. Obviously nothing will ever excuse what happened to that innocent child, it's just so difficult to wrap your head around everything that happened. He was hurt and angry about his childhood, but I never suspected him of being capable of this. I don't think anyone did. He was young and hurt by his life, but never evil. Bitter - yes. Evil - no. He didn't hurt animals or dream of causing harm to anyone. I don't think I will ever understand what happened. I won't dispute that an innocent baby was tortured though. There needs to be a consequence though and realistically no consequence will ever be enough. She lost her life in such a horrible way. Sorry guys, it's just so confusing to me. I don't understand how they got to this point. Nothing has made sense to me yet. Hopefully more will be released with the trial.
 
I just want to say that I don't believe it's black and white. There are things that should be considered. If someone came back from war with ptsd, everyone would sympathize even though their actions were wrong. That person has to still be held accountable, but there is some understanding of how they got to that point. That is what I want for Josh. I absolutely believe he's guilty and has to take his consequence, but I want others to understand what led him to that point. It's so hard though. As a mom, I would have fought to the death to defend my children. It's so confusing and my thoughts on all of this keep changing. I love him as my nephew and from my memories, but can't even slightly understand what has happened.

I understand that no-one else will likely see it from that perspective. It's just that I knew him as a fun, cute little child with only kindness in his heart. I won't rationalize the other crime, it's just such a confusing thing for me.
 
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@RandomUser555
I mean no disrespect ma'am but, the corp doesn't turn down many people. They are in need of infantry men everyday. The only people the generally reject is medical, mentally unstable, felon. What was your nephew rejected for?
 
@RandomUser555 , I appreciate your posts, I don't agree but I appreciate your opinion.

I cannot imagine what I'd be feeling if my nephew did something like this. Of course, my nephew's father (my BIL) in a Marine so I would probably be attending my nephew's funeral, sorry humor is how I deal with things.

I appreciate that your nephew had a tough upbringing but at some point that excuse becomes irrelevant. Without getting detailed, my childhood sucked, and I made a lot of stupid choices resulting in a 20 year drug addiction, hearing my story many people understand that even when I say that I"m the only one to blame. IF my childhood isn't an excuse for becoming a junkie then his childhood certainly isn't an excuse or even a mitigation for murdering a toddler. There are simply no events that make that action less vomit inducing.

Had he offed his ignorant mother, eh, I'd tell him to grow up and fucking move on but I'd have some sympathy. Some people can't get past it, some people get stuck with "mommy issues", I got past my shit, living in the past means I don't enjoy the present and I can't plan my future, but I get that some people can't do what I did.

Unfortunately for Josh, he murdered a defenseless child who had nothing to do with his hardships and because of that I can't excuse anything, explain anything or even mitigate anything based on his childhood.

If he couldn't handle dating someone with a child then he needed to break up with the girl, every female has a pussy and hers was no more special than anyone else's. If he was having issues with anger or unresolved childhood trauma then he should have gotten help- counseling, take up boxing to get his aggression out. I simply cannot have sympathy or empathy of someone how tries to solve their unresolved issues by heartlessly murdering a child.
 
Krystal said:
@RandomUser555 , I appreciate your posts, I don't agree but I appreciate your opinion.

I cannot imagine what I'd be feeling if my nephew did something like this. Of course, my nephew's father (my BIL) in a Marine so I would probably be attending my nephew's funeral, sorry humor is how I deal with things.

I appreciate that your nephew had a tough upbringing but at some point that excuse becomes irrelevant. Without getting detailed, my childhood sucked, and I made a lot of stupid choices resulting in a 20 year drug addiction, hearing my story many people understand that even when I say that I"m the only one to blame. IF my childhood isn't an excuse for becoming a junkie then his childhood certainly isn't an excuse or even a mitigation for murdering a toddler. There are simply no events that make that action less vomit inducing.

Had he offed his ignorant mother, eh, I'd tell him to grow up and fucking move on but I'd have some sympathy. Some people can't get past it, some people get stuck with "mommy issues", I got past my shit, living in the past means I don't enjoy the present and I can't plan my future, but I get that some people can't do what I did.

Unfortunately for Josh, he murdered a defenseless child who had nothing to do with his hardships and because of that I can't excuse anything, explain anything or even mitigate anything based on his childhood.

If he couldn't handle dating someone with a child then he needed to break up with the girl, every female has a pussy and hers was no more special than anyone else's. If he was having issues with anger or unresolved childhood trauma then he should have gotten help- counseling, take up boxing to get his aggression out. I simply cannot have sympathy or empathy of someone how tries to solve their unresolved issues by heartlessly murdering a child.
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I don't think anyone has stated this better. You're right...If his drama was still with his mom or other family members then he should have addressed it with them....not a helpless infant. To be honest, your statement makes it easier for me to finally come to terms with his inevitable punishment. There is nothing in anyone's past that would ever rationalize such intense torture and murder of a baby. Like you said, if he had mama drama, then he should have addressed his anger with an adult. This is finally something that makes sense to me.

As a mom, I can't even fathom something like this happening in real life. As far as the question about the Marines, all I remember is that he was attempting to enter somewhere around 2009, give or take a year. It was a serious goal for him and he was very bitter when he did not get in. I have no idea why he wasn't accepted, just that it was very disappointing for him. I suppose everyone would feel that way if your goal was not achievable.

I'm not 100% sure, but I believe he was in the ROTC program at that time with his school. He did have long term goals back then. I think the Marines could have been very positive for him. I don't know why he wouldn't have gotten in. That was just the last time I spoke to him when he was sweet and fun...years later he was bitter and angry.
 
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His family is very strong and loyal. They protect their own. I don't think any of us really know how we would behave if it was our child being accused of such a horrendous act. I think it would be very hard to believe your child was guilty unless they confessed. I think we just all want to see the good in people, especially our own kids.
 
RandomUser555 said:
His family is very strong and loyal. They protect their own. I don't think any of us really know how we would behave if it was our child being accused of such a horrendous act. I think it would be very hard to believe your child was guilty unless they confessed. I think we just all want to see the good in people, especially our own kids.
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I guess I am an exception - If there was proof I would hope for the needle more than anyone else. I need that oxygen and people need to live - my child proves dangerous to man kind.
 
I don't know what I would do. As a mom, I just feel this incredible feeling of protecting my children. At the same time, I believe in telling the truth and taking responsibility. I'm horrified by what harm was done to that little baby. I guess I would say that I can't accurately put myself in their shoes. I'm just a shocked and disgusted spectator.
 
RandomUser555 said:
I don't know what I would do. As a mom, I just feel this incredible feeling of protecting my children. At the same time, I believe in telling the truth and taking responsibility. I'm horrified by what harm was done to that little baby. I guess I would say that I can't accurately put myself in their shoes. I'm just a shocked and disgusted spectator.
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Regardless of your child's upbringing by his age this young man was exposed to enough to KNOW right from wrong period. As a parent you will grieve for the death of your child (the killer) - but you should not do anything with your child except telling them to plead guilty to whatever they have actually done and deal with the consequences. End of story.
 
I hear you; I just have contradicting feelings. IMHO, it's so much easier to judge when it's someone else's family member. Most people are not "all" bad, so it's tough to separate all the good times and good memories. I just can't believe something as horrendous as this actually happened. Nothing will bring back that precious little girl. Nothing. It's just difficult to accept all of this as actually having happened. It feels like it should be a news story about someone else, not someone that you know, especially at their ages.
 
His brother is completely different. Very polite, hard working & driven and would never hurt a fly. Zach spent most of his paycheck last year buying Christmas gifts for his younger siblings to help his mom out since her check was needed for bills.

Josh was always angrier, but I never would have dreamed that he would be capable of this. I hope that more info is released as this trial progresses.
 
Wow! I just read the entire thread. First, my heart breaks for baby Tylea. She was a beautiful little sweetheart who didn't deserve anything that happened to her. She's a toddler and there's nothing she could have done to warrant anything that was done to her.
I can't imagine ever being able to harm a hair on any child's head, much less stomp them to the point of throwing up. They both deserve the same treatment they gave this precious angel Sadly, in our country the criminals have more rights than the victim.
I don't believe Alexis was as innocent as she and her family are claiming. I think she had a role in beating her baby to death.
I did an indepth search on the web for any updates on this horrible crime. I couldn't find much of anything other than when they were initially arrested.
I hope and pray for justice for this sweet angel Tylea.
I really hope and pray that these monsters pay to the fullest extent of the law for their role in her death.

RIP Baby Tylea. No one will ever hurt you again. Rest in the safety of God's loving arms!
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BreakTheSilence said:
Wow! I just read the entire thread. First, my heart breaks for baby Tylea. She was a beautiful little sweetheart who didn't deserve anything that happened to her. She's a toddler and there's nothing she could have done to warrant anything that was done to her.
I can't imagine ever being able to harm a hair on any child's head, much less stomp them to the point of throwing up. They both deserve the same treatment they gave this precious angel Sadly, in our country the criminals have more rights than the victim.
I don't believe Alexis was as innocent as she and her family are claiming. I think she had a role in beating her baby to death.
I did an indepth search on the web for any updates on this horrible crime. I couldn't find much of anything other than when they were initially arrested.
I hope and pray for justice for this sweet angel Tylea.
I really hope and pray that these monsters pay to the fullest extent of the law for their role in her death.

RIP Baby Tylea. No one will ever hurt you again. Rest in the safety of God's loving arms!
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I will add that I did multiple searches for Tarrant County Jail and from everything I could find these two monsters are still in cages where they belong.
 
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